"She left the pub just before midnight, heading for her Seacombe home, but her blue Fiat van ran out of petrol on Borough Road, Birkenhead. Between midnight and 12:20am on 2 August, Diane was seen walking along the road by witnesses. Twelve hours later, her body was found in an alleyway off Borough Road. Diane had been sexually assaulted and suffered extensive injuries - her cause of death confirmed to be a cerebral haemorrhage."
"Property belonging to her was recovered at Bidston Hill, around two miles away, on 17 August. Investigating officers from Merseyside Police identified witnesses who had seen a small fire there on 3 August, as well as a man running from the scene. The murder shocked Merseyside and was a catalyst for a group of women to establish the Wirral Rape Crisis Counselling Service, which became Rape and Sexual Abuse Support (RASA) Merseyside and still operates today."
"Matters changed after Diane was killed, however. Ms Sindall had left work in her blue Fiat van (Merseyside Police) The people [from the charity] I've spoken to who were around at the time, said the women became prisoners in their own homes, Ms Wood said. They daren't go out, none of the women would dare leave the house, unless they were accompanied by brothers or fathers."
Diane Sindall, a 21-year-old florist, left the Wellington pub in Bebington just before midnight on 1 August 1986 after working an extra shift to save for her wedding. Her blue Fiat ran out of petrol on Borough Road and witnesses saw her walking shortly after midnight on 2 August. Twelve hours later her body was found in an alleyway; she had been sexually assaulted, suffered extensive injuries and died from a cerebral haemorrhage. Property was recovered at Bidston Hill on 17 August; witnesses reported a small fire there on 3 August and a man running from the scene. The murder shocked Merseyside and led to the formation of the Wirral Rape Crisis Counselling Service, later RASA Merseyside.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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